NATURE MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, July, 2017 ( day )
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Transcript by: Brian Stone bjpstone@gmail.com
Info Line # 506-384-6397 (384-NEWS)
** Bob and Sharon Blake recently crossed on the ferry from Digby to Saint
John and commented that they saw a lot of PORPOISES, a number of MINKE WHALES,
as well as one HUMPBACK WHALE.
** Brian Stone visited the two Milkweed patches on the Gorge Rd. near the
ramp of the Trans Canada Highway on Monday. Some mowing had been done around one
of the patches, however the patch itself had not been cut. Brian did hear our
two most common types of CICADA vocalizing and got a picture of one on the bark
of a Pine tree. The call of the Cicada can be very much expected to be part of
the daytime symphony on these warm, sunny days we are getting this
week.
Brian did not see any butterfly activity or caterpillars during his visit but came across some LADY BEETLES and Lady Beetle stages that will take some more reviewing before publication, as well as a few other interesting items.
** Another remnant photo of a plant noted at the Petit Rocher fen on July 24, confirmed by Jim Goltz. It was SEASIDE ARROWGRASS which Jim comments is not a grass at all but is a plant found in salt marshes and calcareous fens, the latter being where we found it. The Orchid photo is HOODED LADIES' TRESSES. Note that the lower lip of the bloom is shaped like the broad end of a violin or guitar to separate this Ladies' Tresses from the several others that we have in New Brunswick.
Brian did not see any butterfly activity or caterpillars during his visit but came across some LADY BEETLES and Lady Beetle stages that will take some more reviewing before publication, as well as a few other interesting items.
** Another remnant photo of a plant noted at the Petit Rocher fen on July 24, confirmed by Jim Goltz. It was SEASIDE ARROWGRASS which Jim comments is not a grass at all but is a plant found in salt marshes and calcareous fens, the latter being where we found it. The Orchid photo is HOODED LADIES' TRESSES. Note that the lower lip of the bloom is shaped like the broad end of a violin or guitar to separate this Ladies' Tresses from the several others that we have in New Brunswick.
nelson@nb.sympatico.ca
Nelson Poirier,
Nature
Moncton
CICADA. JULY 31, 2017. BRIAN STONE
HOODED LADIES'-TRESSES ORCHID. JULY 24, 2017. BRIAN STONE
MILKWEED PATCH. JULY 31, 2017. BRIAN STONE
MILKWEED PATCH. JULY 31, 2017. BRIAN STONE
SEASIDE ARROW-GRASS. JULY 24, 2017. BRIAN STONE
SEASIDE ARROW-GRASS. JULY 24, 2017. BRIAN STONE
